Brutal, hardcore and violent. Death-match wrestling leaves the opponents in a mess of beaten flesh and bruised bones and is renowned as the bloodiest sport in the world.

Shocking photos reveal the horrific gore each wrestler faces as men and women beat each other with glass tubes, barbed-wire bats and fan-made weapons.

Fighters - America - Part - Events - Rooftops

These fighters travel across America taking part in the extremely violent wrestling events - such as hurling themselves off rooftops into pits of fire and glass - all to the amusement of their many loyal supporters.

Photographer Marc McAndrew took the graphic images after he spent two years documenting and following the fighters lives.